Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
The president commuted Peltier over the objection of former FBI Director Christopher Wray. In a private letter sent to Biden earlier this month and obtained by The Associated Press, Wray reiterated his position that “Peltier is a remorseless killer,” and urged the president not to act.
Native activist Leonard Peltier to serve remainder of sentence at home after Biden order
President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota. Peltier, 80, is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa in North Dakota.
The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his ...
In one of his last acts before leaving office, former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist ...
Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted Native American activist Leonard Peltier’s life sentence to ...
WASHINGTON, DC – Scores of current and former elected tribal leaders of national tribal organizations wrote President Biden a ...
A Cody, Wyoming filmmaker, is a coproducer for the documentary “Free Leonard Peltier” that will debut next week at the ...
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